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  1. I'm going to write me a minivan on EU Offers Big Bug Bounties On 14 Open Source Software Projects (juliareda.eu) · · Score: 1

    I must be getting old, no-one else thinks of this when they hear "bug bounty"?

    https://dilbert.com/strip/1995...

  2. Re:Customer service? on Dell to Buy Alienware? · · Score: 2, Informative

    All I have to say is see my domain name. Throught that I've collected a number of other peoples complaints, but I'm too lazy to post them. But Someday(tm).

  3. Re:Decade? on The State of the Demon Address · · Score: 1

    Yes, a decade. See this WikiPedia entry: the lawsuit started in 1992

  4. Re:Giving the matter some thought... on The State of the Demon Address · · Score: 1

    Nice troll. Plenty of bites, no moderators seemed to notice. +10.

  5. Re:Idiot Question on Implications Of The Recent Hash Function Attacks · · Score: 1

    But, as this article said, this weakness does not let you choose the hash value to create a collision with. It only allows you to create 2 sets of data that have a hash collision, so that won't help you with tampering with evidence unless you produced both sets of data originally.

  6. Re:ALso wrong. on Ariane Launches A New Way To Get Online · · Score: 1

    They are in legal in Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan, the 3 westernmost provinces, accoring to this radar deterctor/jammer site.

  7. Re:The website... on Odeon Orders Takedown Of Copycat Site · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Flash is completely inaccessible to the visually disabled (who do go to movies, believe it or not). That is not a good solution.

  8. Re:stock included, game soon over. on Microsoft's Midlife Crisis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then both of you should go back on your meds.

  9. Re:Crazy on Will LOTR:ROTK Extended Edition Hit Cinemas? · · Score: 1

    That's what I've been expecting for next year, as it's the 50th anniversary of the publishing of the first book. Maybe the year after for the 50th anniversary of the publishing of the last. My original guess, before the FotR extended edition came out, was 14 discs. Clearly, that's a misunderestimation so now I predict 148 discs, and instead of some weak bookshelf sized Argonath, you get fullsized ones, which are the sides of the shelf to hold all the discs.

  10. The forms must be obeyed on Orac^3 -- Not Your Everyday Casemod · · Score: 1

    Proofreading, anyone? 42 [1]

    [1]: You're new here, aren't you? [2]
    [2]: Much like the joke about the prisoners who've been locked up so long they call out jokes by number.

  11. Re:How to Stop Spam on On Futureproofing Spamhaus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This will be fine if/when everyone upgrades their DNS & MTA software to accept and use those standards. In addition, there are competing standards/proposals too, so which is the right one to choose?

    As an aside, I don't think that making it an RFC necessarily makes it patent free.

  12. Re:JESUS GODDAMN FUCKING SHITBONE CHRIST on Novell To Release Ximian Connector Under GPL · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    apple.slashdot.org ain't great either.

  13. Re:Perfect Timing on OpenBSD 3.5 Released · · Score: 1

    Yes, I ordered through openbsd.org. I'm pretty sure my receipt said that too. Maybe I'm just lucky. Maybe it's because I'm in the same province, I couldn't say.

  14. Re:Perfect Timing on OpenBSD 3.5 Released · · Score: 1

    I've ordered the last 3 releases at least a month in advance (when the "pre-orders now available" shows up on the web site) and always received it at least 1 week before it was downloadable.

    Just my data point.

  15. Re:They ignore this one on ACLU Sues FBI Over ISP Records · · Score: 1

    And like so many gun owners/supporters, you seem to miss the important part: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State". Perhaps that was important before the U.S. had a standing professional army, but it hardly applies now.

  16. Re:Is this.. on ACLU Sues FBI Over ISP Records · · Score: 1

    This stops them from getting the information without due process. Didn't this already happen to the RIAA? (I think, maybe it was in Canada) I don't think they can get the information without actually filing a lawsuit now.

  17. Re:Best Headline Ever on BASIC Computer Language Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    It's funny when you talk about illiteracy and then spell "apologies" and "summary" wrong.

  18. Re:A Poem! on BASIC Computer Language Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    Depends who you ask. Some think that in English, they should be 3-5-3 instead.
    For example, this one or this one. Or perhaps the form is not so rigid about syllables at all, like they claim in this one.

  19. Re:Reverse engineering and open source on FOSS Application Under Attack by Makers of KaZaa · · Score: 2, Informative
    Having the "trick" known is not a defense for violating a patent. In fact once the patent is granted, the trick is known because the patent is published. Having the information known to others is only a valid (legal) reason for disallowing protection of a trade secret.

    Putting "the genie back in the bottle" is not something the patent holder is requried to do, it's simply a practical measure, but that's where the lawsuits come in.</IANAL>

  20. Re:oldest trick in the book on Morphing Plane Wings for Efficient Flights · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps that's another application: Modify the wing shape also to enhance control. Certainly the gist of the article seems to not concentrate on control changes (in place of ailerons and flaps) as much as improving performance for different situations.

  21. Re:oldest trick in the book on Morphing Plane Wings for Efficient Flights · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Here's a new trick for you: read the article. They aren't talking about wing warping for flight control, they're talking about changing the wing shape (e.g. from swept back narrow to wide and short) to be optimal for different situations. A more flexible (literally) version of the variable geometry "swing wings" used on F-14s, F-111s, etc.

  22. Re:Prequel? Oh boy... on Berman Confirms Star Trek Prequel Film Project · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm with you on that one. My favourite, possibly apocryphal, quote on the subject is from Majel (Barrett) Roddenberry. When asked what she thought the next Star Trek project (or series?) should be, she replied "Hiatus".

    When there are other, non-Star Trek series out there that are at least as good (probably way better), like "Firefly", "Farscape" etc., getting cancelled, it makes me want to petition Majel to allow them to put Gene's name on them, just to keep them on the air. Seriously, I swear that turds like "Andromeda" and "Earth: Final Conflict" only stayed on the air as long as they did because of his name.

  23. Re:I invented the term! on Alan Kay Receives ACM Turing Award · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to the linked Wiki page, the talk was with regard to Oberon 1, which did not support inheritance or polymorphism. Oberon 2, they claim, does support those features.

  24. Steven Wright on Twisty Little Passages · · Score: 1
    ...but you can't have everything.

    "Where would you put it?"

  25. Re:The word is "sex" on People with real l337 speak names? · · Score: 1
    Well, I guess you could always name him/her Pat

    I believe you mean P4t.